Position: Emeritus Professor, University of Waikato Field: Sedimentary geology Born and raised in Wellington, Professor Cam Nelson developed a love of landscapes from a very early age. That ...
Position: Senior research scientist, Plant & Food Research. Field: Phytochemical antioxidants. David was born in England and attended Wallington High School, near London, where he discovered ...
Field: Seismic Engineering. Organisation: Robinson Seismic Limited. Rights: The University of Waikato Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato Dr Bill Robinson Dr Bill Robinson was one of New Zealand's leading ...
In this activity, students view the interactive Calcination – lime from limestone, which shows the industrial processing of limestone into lime, and use the information to complete a matching ...
In this activity, students investigate some of the physical, chemical and physiological properties of carbon dioxide gas. In addition, a model demonstrating the amount of carbon dioxide in the ...
In this activity, students view the interactive Limestone’s secrets revealed and then answer graded sets of questions based on the content of the video clips from the interactive. By the end of ...
The Planet Four online citizen science project is designed to assist planetary scientists to identify and measure features on the surface of Mars that don’t exist on Earth. Help is needed to ...
Be part of a worldwide movement and use Global Earth Challenge to submit or classify photos to help our planet’s environment and human health. Global Earth Challenge is a citizen science campaign ...
This citizen science project wants your assistance to extract information from various climate scientific graphics to help combat misinformation and support scientific communication. Using this ...
In this recorded professional learning session, Lyn Rogers and guest Aliki Weststrate from GNS Science explore some of the science involved in building our understandings of natural hazards ...
Bring some awe into your classroom. The Science Learning Hub has developed a suite of resources designed to grow Aotearoa New Zealand students' interest in space. Join us to discover ways to ...
Science fairs have the potential to be a rich learning experience, bringing out the very best of student creativity and curiosity. Often they are fraught with sighs, nervousness and unsupportive ...
This is a recording of the Exploring natural hazards PLD webinar.
Professor Cam Nelson explains how his study of limestones in the King Country region led him to conclude that they were formed in cool temperate environments. At that time, it was believed that ...
Plant & Food Research’s Dr David Stevenson explains what free radicals are and how they are produced. He outlines the role of cellular structures called mitochondria in the production of free ...
This is the slideshow that supports the Exploring natural hazards PLD webinar. Use the Slideshow menu for further options, including view full screen, and go here for the download option.
Select here for the best view of this interactive timeline. It combines the Rongomai School healthy homes investigation with the nature of science.
In this interactive, learn about limestone’s origins, formation, properties. To use this interactive, move your mouse or finger over any of the labelled boxes and click to obtain more ...
